Author

Anna Burns

1962

Anna Burns is a Northern Irish author, born in 1962 in Belfast and raised in the working-class neighborhood of Ardoyne. She is best known for her novel "Milkman," which won the 2018 Man Booker Prize. Her background in Northern Ireland during the Troubles lends credibility to the novel's exploration of themes like political tension and social division. Other notable works include "No Bones" (2001), which was shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction, and "Little Constructions" (2007).